Description
The CORBA IDL dissectors in Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.5 on 64-bit Windows platforms do not properly interact with Visual C++ compiler options, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Wireshark 2.0.0 < 2.0.4 - CORBA IDL Dissectors Denial of Service EDB-40196 · dos · Aug 3, 2016 · verified
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References
- [oss-security] 20160728 CVE request: Wireshark 2.0.5 and 1.12.13 security releases mailing-list
- 92162 vdb-entry
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-39.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12495
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=581a17af40b84ef0c9e7f41ed0795af345b61ce1
- 1036480 vdb-entry
- 40196 exploit